I've been on Prednisolone for four weeks, starting at 30mg and tapering off by 5mg every week. It was working really well to start with - I felt happy, wasn't experiencing any bad side effects, no abdominal pain or D, I actually felt like I did before I ever got Crohn's.
After the first week I started taking Azathioprine and after the second week a one-week course of Flagyl as well. While I was on the Flagyl I noticed that a perianal abscess (which it was supposed to help with) that I have was feeling a lot worse than it had been while I was on the Pred - it had gone down, but swelled up again and started to give me some discomfort.
I came off the Flagyl this Tuesday and also got down to 15mg of Pred. Since then I have felt awful. I had to take Tuesday off work because I was exhausted from the moment I woke up, I was having abdominal pains again, the D is back, the abscess is very painful and I also now feel constantly light-headed. I called my doctor, who put me back on 25mg of Pred and told me to taper off by 5mg every 2 weeks instead, but it doesn't seem to be working. I have hot flushes and sweat all the time as if I have a fever (although the thermometer doesn't show one). Last night I kept throwing up. I'm off work again today with bad D, dizziness, fatigue and abscess pain. I tried to sleep this morning but woke up with the sheets soaked through and shivering (temperature still normal).
I am at my wits' end. I'm so annoyed with myself for getting sick again and I don't understand why I don't feel better - the Pred only took a day to start working when I first started taking it, so why has upping the dose again not helped? I don't want to keep taking time off work and worrying my partner with all these weird symptoms
Is it possible for steroids to just stop working?
After the first week I started taking Azathioprine and after the second week a one-week course of Flagyl as well. While I was on the Flagyl I noticed that a perianal abscess (which it was supposed to help with) that I have was feeling a lot worse than it had been while I was on the Pred - it had gone down, but swelled up again and started to give me some discomfort.
I came off the Flagyl this Tuesday and also got down to 15mg of Pred. Since then I have felt awful. I had to take Tuesday off work because I was exhausted from the moment I woke up, I was having abdominal pains again, the D is back, the abscess is very painful and I also now feel constantly light-headed. I called my doctor, who put me back on 25mg of Pred and told me to taper off by 5mg every 2 weeks instead, but it doesn't seem to be working. I have hot flushes and sweat all the time as if I have a fever (although the thermometer doesn't show one). Last night I kept throwing up. I'm off work again today with bad D, dizziness, fatigue and abscess pain. I tried to sleep this morning but woke up with the sheets soaked through and shivering (temperature still normal).
I am at my wits' end. I'm so annoyed with myself for getting sick again and I don't understand why I don't feel better - the Pred only took a day to start working when I first started taking it, so why has upping the dose again not helped? I don't want to keep taking time off work and worrying my partner with all these weird symptoms
Is it possible for steroids to just stop working?
